Hodges began his career in audio for videogames at Sierra-On-Line in 1991. With his music and sound design heard in more than 180 video games, he is considered an audio pioneer in the video and computer game industry. Hodges is credited as among the very first to use MIDI in a video game, the first to use sound effects in an online game and among the first to use General Midi in a video game. He also is cited as the innovator of ambient music design for games with his work on the DOOM and Quake series.